Action | Amend Minimum Standards for Jails and Lockups to add requirements on restraint of pregnant offenders |
Stage | Final |
Comment Period | Ended on 5/7/2014 |
Having worked as a chaplain in hospitals and with incarcerated populations, it seems only reasonable and just that the application of restraints be applied in a uniform and limited manner. I invite anyone who is part of the decision-making process on this regulation, to put themselves in the place of a woman who is both incarcerated and going through A pregnancy and birthing process. We can only imagine the discomfort and pain involved. I asked that consideration be made with both reason and compassion. Thank you. Incidentally, my godson was born while his mother was incarcerated.